GOOD NEWS: Boko Haram Victims To Get 500 Houses

Mr. Cesar Tshilombo, the leader of the high commissioner for refugee has hinted that arrangements have already been concluded to provide 500 housing units for persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa state.

The United Nation’s High Commission for refugees said the housing will be for the aged, physically challenged, orphans and the very sick persons.

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Punch reports that Tshilombo in a meeting with, Mr. Martins Babale, the deputy governor of the state said the commission could not handle all the responsibilities of rebuilding all the houses destroyed by Boko Haram.

This has led to the United Nations’ decision to provide 500 houses.

Balale promised that the sharing of the houses would not be politicised as it will involve all the stakeholders of all the affected communities.

Jubrin Satumari, a member of the house of representative representing Hawul and Askira-Uba lamented that interior villages and towns in the North-East are still susceptible to Boko Haram attack as the military presence in those places were few compared to the major towns were protection was strong.

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He advised the military should be more proactive on the insurgents in other to curtail their excesses. He said all the areas prone to attack should be well secured as “people have sleepless night as they do not have the luxury of the military presence in their area.”

Meanwhile, a prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa came under attack from suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.

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